Twilight Auditorium 101

We are thrilled to be screening the 1996 documentary film “My Knees Were Jumping: Remembering the Kindertransports,” in honor of the upcoming Holocaust Remembrance Day. Even more thrilling, film director Melissa Hacker will join us in person for the screening and a discussion afterward. The film tells the story of The Kindertransport movement which brought nearly 10,000 children to Great Britain from Nazi Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland, before the advent of World War II, saving many of their lives.

Film Screening followed by a discussion with Prof. Robert Schine and Rabbi Ira Schiffer. A devout 18-year-old Israeli is pressured to marry the husband of her late sister. Declaring her independence is not an option in Tel Aviv’s ultra-Orthodox Hasidic community, where religious law, tradition and the rabbi’s word are absolute. For more information, see http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2219514/ Sponsored by the program in Jewish Studies (Aquinnah Fund) and Hillel

Join us to play some hide and seek in Twilight, where you hide and we seek :)) 

In this lecture, Dr. Sa’ed Atshan will provide an overview of the hostilities between the Israeli military and Hamas, reflecting on the past, present, and future of this crisis. The talk will also address the impact on Palestinian and Israeli civilians, the provision of international humanitarian aid, the role of the United States, and prospects for reconciliation.

Free screening of 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL (documentary, dir. Mstyslav Chernov, 2023), sponsored by Middlebury Russian Department and IGS-REES. An AP team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting atrocities of the Russian invasion. As the only international reporters who remain in the city, they capture what later become defining images of the war: dying children, mass graves, the bombing of a maternity hospital, and more.

The Green Mountain Club’s Bread Loaf Section and the Environmental Studies program present a talk on “Living with Bears” by Vermont Fish and Wildlife Bear Technician, Molly Byrne, “Living with Bears” will help us better understand our ursine neighbors and provide general information about bear ecology and behavior with a focus on their life cycle and food needs.

Celia Schultz, Professor of Classical Studies & History at the University of Michigan will speak about Roman rituals. Why they were so bothered by human sacrifice that they eventually outlawed the practice.
Lunch will be provided.

Please join MiddVotes and The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Global Trends in Autocracy and Democracy for a screening of “ALL IN: The Fight for Democracy” followed by a discussion with Professor Bert Johnson. The film examines the history, prevalence and effects of voter suppression in the United States through the lens of those impacted.